Forms

Form is a set of tables, page controls, drop-down lists, edit fields and other controls that are displayed in the work area of the main window and provide an interface for data manipulating. Typical form contains at least one table, but there are no rules without exceptions. Let's look at the following picture:

Here you can see an ordinary form containing drop-down list, page control, buttons and tables. On the top of the form as well as on the top site of each table the title of this form/table is displayed. In the most cases only titles of the tables are displayed and form titles are not shown, but in this case we have an exception.

Drop-down list entitled Event is here to filter records included into tables below. In this picture filter specifies that all tables in this form should include only records belonging to invitations to the wedding while invitations to other events should be excluded.

Page control shown in this picture contains three pages and each page has its own controls and provide access to its own set of data.

On the first page we can see two tables. The upper table is a masterone. This means that the lower table includes only records belonging to the selected record of the upper table.

Each table has several columns. You can move and resize these columns by usual mouse operations. You can also sort records in table by any column by clicking on the column header. Second click on the same column header sorts records by this column in reverse order.

To perform search in the table you should first move the column in which you want to find some text to the first place. Then move record pointer to the record different from current record (in other case text will be searched in the column that was previously at the first place). After that start typing text. Record pointer will be moved to the record where value of first column starts with typed text.

Above each table you can see a group of buttons. You should use these buttons to manipulate with data in the corresponding table.